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I CLOTH PRESSING MACHINE.

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GLOTHPRESSING MACHINE.

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ROBERT PATRICK, J R., OF GALT, ONTARIO, CANADA, ASSIGNOR TO. HIMSELF AND JOSEPH W'ILSON, OF SAME PLACE.

CLOTH-PRESSI NG MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 317,185, dated May 5, 1885.

Application filed November 28, 1883. (No model.) I

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ROBERT PATRICK, Jr. of Galt, in the county of Waterloo, and Province of Ontario, and Dominion of Canada, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Cloth- Pressing Machines, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1, Sheet 1, is a front elevation of my improved machine, parts being broken away. Fig. 2, Sheet 2, is a sectional plan view of the same, taken through the broken line m w x mm, Fig. 1. Fig.3, Sheet 3, is a side elevation of the same, parts being broken away. Fig. 4:, Sheet 3, is a side elevation of the stop-motion for the large roller. Fig. 5, Sheet 4, is a sectional side elevation of the machine, taken through the broken line 3 y, Fig. 2. Fig. 6, Sheet 4, is a side elevation of the segmental gear-wheel and its lock, the shafts being shown in cross-section.

My invention relates to cloth-pressing ma chines; andit consists in the peculiar construction and arrangement of parts, as hereinafter fully described, and pointed out inIthe claims.

A represents the frame of the machine. B is the drive-shaft, which revolves in bearings in brackets 0, attached to the upper part of the rear side of the frame A, as shown in Fig. 5.

To one end of the shaft B is attached a fast pulley, D, and a loose pulley, E, to receive the driving-belt. To the other end of the shaft B, is attached a large pulley, F, to receive a belt, which also passes around a small pulley, G, attached to the shaft of an ordinary fanblower, H.

To the drive-shaft B, near one end, is attached a small gear-wheel, I, the teeth of which mesh into the teeth of a large gear-wheel, J, attached to one end of the shaft K. The shaft K is placed parallel with the drive-shaft l3, and revolves in bearings attached to the frame A.

To the shaft K, upon the opposite sides of and equally distant from its center, are attached two small beveled gear-wheels, L, with their smaller sides outward. The teeth of the l gear-wheelsL mesh into the teeth of the large beveled gear-wheels M. attached to the inner ends of the shafts N which revolve in bearings attached to the frame A, and to the middle parts of which are attached cams O. The cams O operate against the small rollers P, placed upon the centers of the pivot-bolts Q of the toggle-bars R. The lower end of the lower bars R are pivoted in recesses in the base-plate S, and the upper ends of the upper bars R are pivoted in recesses in the lower side of the lower press-plate, T. The togglebars B are so arranged with reference to the cams O that the said cams can never force the joints of the said bars B so far inward that the other, so that the said joints, when the pressoutward by the downward pressure of the pressplate T upon the upper ends of the upper bars B. The ends of the press-plateT or guide-lugs U,formed upon the said ends,slide up and down upon guide-rods V, secured to the frame A by nuts or other suitable means. The movement of the press-plate T upon the guide-rods V is limited by collars VV,formed upon or attached to the said guide-rods V.

Above the press-plate T is placed the central press-plate, X, which is guided upon the by lugs U and collars V in the same manner as the press-plate T.

Above the press-plate X is placed the upper press-plate, Y, theend parts of which are perforated to receive and slide upon the guiderods V. The downward movement of the press-plate Y is limited by collars \V,formed upon or attached to the guide-rods V, and its upward movement is resisted by spiral springs Z, placed upon the upper parts of the said guide-rods, with their upper ends resting against nuts a, screwed upon the upper ends of the said guide-rods.

The upper press-plate,Y,is made solid. The central press-plate, X, is made hollow, and is pipe, I). The lower press-plate is also made hollow, and is provided with a steam-pipe, 0, so that the said plate can be heated when desired.

ure of the cams O is withdrawn, will be forced The exhaust-steam and the water of condenbars of each pair will come into line with each guide-rods V, and has its movements limited heated by steam introduced through a steamsation can be withdrawn from the press-plates X T through the pipe d, or by other suitable means.

To the inclined bars 0, formed upon or attached to the frame A, are secured the ends of three,more orless, parallel bars, f. The cloth g is led into the machine over the first bar f, under the second bar, and over the third bar, and so on, so that all wrinkles will be smoothed out before the said cloth passes to the pressplates.

From the smoothing-bars f the cloth 9 passes between the lower and central press-plates, T X, around a guide-roller, h, pivoted to supports attached to the frame A, back between the central and upper press-plates, X Y, and passes thence around the large roller 2', and is wound upon the small receiving-roller The journals of thelarge roller 1' revolve in bearings attached to the frame A. The small roller j rests upon the large roller 2', with its journals resting upon the arms is, secured to the frame A at such an inclination that the said roller 3' will be kept in place by its own weight, and will be revolved by the revolution of the large roller 2'.

To one of the journals of the large roller 13 is attached a beveled gear-wheel, Z, the teeth of which mesh into the teeth of the smaller beveled gear-wheel an, attached to the upper end of the short vertical shaft 12. The shaft n revolves in bearings attached to the frame A, and to its lower end is attached a beveled gear-wheel, 0, the teeth of which mesh into the teeth of the beveled gear-wheel p,attached to the outer end of the short horizontal shaft q. The shaft (1 revolves in bearings attached to the frame A, and to it, at a little distance from the beveled gear-wheel p, is attached a small eccentric gear-wheel, r, the teeth of which mesh into the teeth of the eccentric gearsegments, attached to or formed upon the side of the large wheel t, near its rim. The segment sis formed upon the arc of a smaller circle than the wheel t, and is arranged with its center and central radius in line with a radius of the said wheel 23.

The eccentric gear-wheel r is secured upon its shaft q with its longest radius in such a direction that the tooth upon or nearest to the said longest radius will mesh with the tooth upon or nearest to the first or shortest radius of the segment 8, so that the said eccentric gear-wheel r will start and stop with a comparatively slow motion,and thus with the least possible jar. The wheel t is attached to the end of one of the cam-shafts N, and is so arranged that the segment 8 will come in contact with the gear-wheel r when the pressplates T X are released from the pressure of the toggle-bars R, and drop downward, releasing the cloth and will revolve the large roller a, drawing the cloth 9 through the machine and winding it upon the receiving-roller, the gearing being so arranged and the guide-roller It being at such a distance from the central press-plate, X, that the crease formed in the cloth 9 by the edges of the press-plates T X will be pressed out by the press-platesX Y.

Theroller-driving gearing is loekedfrom turning, except when turned by the segment 8, by the crescent-shaped lock-block a, attached to the shaft (1 between the gear-wheel a" and the beveled gear-wheel p, and the eoncaved side of which fits upon the rim of the wheel 25. The rim of the wheel 15 opposite the segment 8 has a recess, 1), formed in it, as shown in Figs. 1 and 6, so that as the segment 8 comes into contact with the gear-wheel r the locking-block a can enter the recess 0 and turn therein, allowing the gearing toturn the roller 1' and adjust the cloth.

To a journal of the large roller 6 is attached a wheel, 10, having recesses 00 in its rim to receive a small roller, y, pivoted to lugs formed upon the side of the upper end of an arm, 2, which is pivoted at its lower end to the frame A, and is held forward, holding the roller y against the rim of the wheel w by a spiral or other shaped spring, 1, attached to the said arm and to a support, 2, attached to the said frame A.

The recessed wheel 20 x is so arranged that the roller y will enter a recess of the said wheel as the roller 'i completes a movement, so as to prevent the said roller from being carried any farther by momentum.

The fan-blower H is provided with a forked discharge-pipe, one branch, 3, of which passes between the lower part of the roller 13 and the upper press-plate, Y, and has perforations in its lower side, so as to discharge fine streams of air against the upper side of the cloth as it passes to the said roller 2'. The other branch, 4, of the discharge-pipe is placed beneath the outer part of the lower side of the roller 1', and has perforations through its inner side, so as to discharge fine streams of air against the lower side of the cloth as it passes to the said roller.

By this construction the cloth will be fed through the machine automatically, and will be pressed between two fiat surfaces, the pressplates being separated to allow the cloth to be fed forward and forced together to press the cloth automatically, each part of the cloth being subjected to two pressings.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. The combination, with the cam-shaft N and its driving mechanism, the shafts n q, and the roller i, of the wheel it, having gear-segment 8, and the gear-wheels r p om Z, substantially as herein shown and described, whereby the said roller will be revolved intermittently, as set forth.

2. The combination, with'the roller 2', the shaft 9, the gear-wheel a", and intermediate mechanism for operating roller 5 from said shaft, of the wheel 16, having the gear-segment s and recess 7), and the lock-block a 011 the said shaft, substantially as herein shown and described.

3. The combinatiomwith the eccentric gear-- wheel 1', driving the cloth-moving mechanism, 1; and the upper press-plate, and the pipe 4 beand the wheel 15, of the eccentric gear-segment neath the said roller, substantially as shown- 8, substantially as herein shown and described, and described, whereby streams of air will be I 5 whereby the said mechanism will be started discharged against both sides of the cloth, as 5 and stoppedf with a comparatively slow mol set forth.

tion as set ort 4. The combination, with the press-plates ROBERT PATRICK '1. X Y, the roller '6, and means, substantially Witnesses:

as herein shown and described, for operating FREDKVG. ALLENBY, IO said press-plates and roller, of the fan-blower Notary Public, 600., Galt, Ontario, Canada.

H, having the branch perforated pipes 34, J. Y. MURDOOH,

the pipe 3 being arranged between the roller Law Student, GaZt,-Onta1'i0, Canada. 

